LAWG 508D1. Indigenous Constitutionalism.
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LAWG 508D1
Indigenous Constitutionalism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of Anishinaabe legality, constitutionalism, and law. Logic and structure through elder’s teachings, stories, material culture, and the works of myriad
Indigenous writers and orators, including one view of Anishinaabe constitutionalism, what kinds of legal processes and institutions it supports, what kind of law these generate, and how that body of law changes through time and across places. Contemporary Indigenous law revitalization projects in Canada. How
colonialism structures Indigenous-settler relationships on Turtle Island, complicating prospects for Indigenous constitutional and legal revitalization.
- Students must register for both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 518 or LAWG 519 when topic was ‘Indigenous Constitutionalism’
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